Costa Rica - Telephone lines

Telephone lines

The value for Telephone lines in Costa Rica was 1,481,722 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,499,601 in 2009 and a minimum value of 10,000 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 10,000
1965 20,000
1970 40,000
1975 81,000
1976 90,800
1977 106,200
1978 123,100
1979 133,600
1980 157,400
1981 170,600
1982 188,559
1983 194,855
1984 202,459
1985 209,930
1986 214,706
1987 240,444
1988 256,521
1989 272,000
1990 281,433
1991 304,863
1992 326,789
1993 364,119
1994 430,000
1995 478,939
1996 525,682
1997 684,636
1998 742,415
1999 802,597
2000 898,734
2001 944,950
2002 1,037,986
2003 1,159,223
2004 1,343,193
2005 1,388,503
2006 1,329,505
2007 1,436,695
2008 1,437,733
2009 1,499,601
2010 1,481,722

Telephone lines (per 100 people)

The value for Telephone lines (per 100 people) in Costa Rica was 31.80 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.67 in 2009 and a minimum value of 0.75 in 1960.

Definition: Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1960 0.75
1965 1.26
1970 2.20
1975 3.95
1976 4.32
1977 4.92
1978 5.55
1979 5.86
1980 6.72
1981 7.08
1982 7.61
1983 7.65
1984 7.73
1985 7.80
1986 7.76
1987 8.46
1988 8.80
1989 9.09
1990 9.17
1991 9.69
1992 10.13
1993 11.02
1994 12.70
1995 13.81
1996 14.78
1997 18.77
1998 19.85
1999 20.95
2000 22.93
2001 23.61
2002 25.42
2003 27.86
2004 31.71
2005 32.22
2006 30.34
2007 32.27
2008 31.79
2009 32.67
2010 31.80

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Communications